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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

It’s the first annual Scottscope Halloween special!This week, we discuss horror films
and scary movies!What horror movies
scared you as a child?What’s the scariest
horror film ever made?What is the
scariest movie of all time?What
qualifies a film as being truly scary?Are haunted house movies better than slasher films?Are monster movies the scariest?Is The Exorcist truly the scariest movie ever
made, or is that reputation undeserved?Does a horror film have to focus on the supernatural in order to be
truly scary, or should it be rooted in the reality?

We’ll also be discussing the scariest songs of all
time!Is it even possible for a rap song
to be truly scary?Does “Mind Playing
Tricks on Me” hold the title as scariest rap song ever?Did the video for "Thriller" scare you as a
child, or were you too busy dancing?What’s the scariest movie score ever written?Is John Carpenter’s Halloween theme scarier than “Tubular Bells?”What about the theme from Jaws?

We also celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kathryn Bigelow’s
classic vampire yarn Near Dark.Does it
still hold up?How does it compare to
modern vampire films like the Twilight series, or the Underworld
franchise?Should modern action/horror
films return to this kind of filmmaking?Does it work better as a Western, or as a horror film?Being that it was released the same year as
The Lost Boys, which film has stood the test of time better?Is Kathryn Bigelow one of the best action
directors to emerge in the last 30 years?How do the performances of Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jennette
Goldstein compare to the ones they gave in Aliens?

About Me

Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Scott Wilson, deep thinker and blogger extraordinaire. I'm also a published author and proud father. Last but certainly not least, I'm a single (IE Available), but I'm definitely looking to change that. My life is an ongoing work in progress, and I'm always looking to improve.